Monthly Archives: July, 2000

Clinton signs uniform-sourcing legislation

WASHINGTON-President Clinton on Friday signed into law legislation that mandates wireless subscribers be taxed based on a single address.The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, which...

Powertel subscriber base up 77,000

WEST POINT, Ga.-Personal communications services provider Powertel Inc. posted increased revenue and subscriber additions for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with the...

Lucent wins GSM contract in China

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Liaoning Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, in Shenyang to boost...

Gemplus embeds Diversinet tech in SIM cards

TORONTO-Mobile-commerce security firm Diversinet Corp. said Gemplus has embedded its public key infrastructure security technology in its GemXplore Trust SIM cards.The joint solution is...

CTIA, NetRatings to study wireless Net advertising

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the Wireless Data Forum and NetRatings Inc. have joined forces to study the impact of advertising on the wireless...

Cell-Loc announces e-coupon service

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc.'s TimesThree and SUMedia.com Inc. unveiled e-couponing as a component of the L411 service that TimesThree demonstrated at its wireless location network...

Microwave Power revenues down $5M

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc., a supplier of highly linear power amplifiers, reported disappointing financial results for the second quarter and six months ended...

Business Briefs

Network engineering consultant Belenos Inc. raised $20 million in second-round venture financing, led by Investcorp Ventures Technology Fund I L.P. and First Union Capital...

Micros Systems, Aether partner

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it will help Micros Systems Inc. wirelessly enable its information technology solutions for the hospitality industry.The two first...

News Briefs

Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Communications Corp., signed its 500,000th subscriber and reported it added 42,162 net new cellular subscriber...

InfoSpace services enable single access to multiple accounts

Looking to give end users greater control of their personal information via wireless devices, InfoSpace Inc. added two services to its wireless Internet platform...

DT justifies price for VoiceStream

Deutsche Telekom AG executives found themselves justifying the price the German company paid for Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. as it detailed the new deal to...

Convergys wins Verizon contract

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. signed a five-year contract for billing and customer-care systems with Verizon Wireless.Convergys, which has pre-existing relationships with Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch...

Glenayre earnings up, but messaging sales decline

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported second-quarter net earnings of $1.4 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $61.3 million,...

WAP vs. iMode: A battle of execution

The mainstream media's honeymoon with WAP technology ended long ago, but the relationship has deteriorated so much lately that the entire affair seems ready...

Phone.com ties in location services through new products

Hoping to speed the adoption of wireless location-based technologies by operators nationwide, Phone.com Inc. introduced several new products at its Unwired Universe conference held...

D.C. Notes: Tap dance

In this age of politics of destruction, it does my heart good to see Republicans and Democrats-from the far right to the far left-unite...

Companies try to track pulse of industry

Two companies have introduced performance indicator product offerings to help carriers keep tabs on the competition.Arthur Andersen claims its "Wireless Benchmarking Tool for Key...

Cell-phone ban on the table in Suffolk County

NEW YORK-The Legislature of Suffolk County, N.Y., has scheduled a public hearing today on a bill to ban handheld wireless phone use by anyone,...

And the patent company stands alone

Qualcomm Inc.'s transformation is complete.The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as...

Health-related lawsuits on front burner

WASHINGTON-A top-flight Baltimore law firm is expected to file a lawsuit this week claiming a malignant brain tumor diagnosed in a 42-year-old male neurologist...

NetCom makes bid for SEC

NEW YORK-Global System for Mobile communications operator NetCom AB offered $3.1 billion for the total issued share capital of Societe Europeenne de Communication.The offer...

Telstra not allowed to bid in 3.4 GHz auction

The Australian government has banned Telstra, Australia's dominant telecommunications provider, from bidding on 165 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz auction in September,...

Cellular carriers lobby for spectrum

WASHINGTON-Cellular carriers have mounted an all-out assault on the Federal Communications Commission to get more spectrum."Spectrum is the `life blood' of wireless services. But...

Internet Briefs

SBC Wireless Inc. said it plans to roll out wireless Internet services by the fourth quarter and named InfoSpace Inc. as the underlying platform...
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